Man, I feel so bad for Kovy. The guy has a genuine desire to just win, would do whatever it takes. And he is hurt in his first-time second round action. It must be killing him that he can't play. Get better soon Ilya...

I agree, that there's no reason to panic. We have a resilient group of guys. They held down the fort while Zach was out (at least for the second half of last season), they did it for Zajac too. I think they'll put their heart and soul into getting a win for the injured Kovalchuk too.

I wouldn't be surprised if he's out for a few more games as well. It's obvious he has a serious injury that to my look, has to be pretty painful as well.

The fact the Devils are calling up Sestito in his place, does speak volumes about the lack of depth in the organization and the future prospects the Devils have at forward. As Triumph pointed out in another thread, if Parise leaves, this team will have a lot of issues the next year or two at forward/wing (without getting into the this or that on whether the money or contract length makes sense).

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Bill Simmons: "The Bruins are like Fredo -- they're dead to me as long as the owner is alive."

Good thing about Sestito, like you've all said, is his grit and intensity. He doesn't take too many penalties but does play hard. And I think he'll DRAW some penalties out of the Flyers. He's like a Clarkson from 3-4 years ago, could be good, could be bad... We'll see.

At least it will make the NBC guys realize that its not because he was lazy in Game 1, but because he was hurt.

Did anybody understand Pierres' post game interview with Briere? I couldn't understand it because Brieres D!ck was so far down Pierres throat.

I turned it off after Pierre's first question was 'What is it about you and the playoffs?' Is there really a dumber question?

Anyway, bringing up Tim Sestito is a complete joke, this guy should be sitting out AHL playoff games, and here he is in the NHL. Forward depth is something Lou will have to address, neither Stephen Gionta or Tim Sestito belong in the NHL.

Good thing about Sestito, like you've all said, is his grit and intensity. He doesn't take too many penalties but does play hard. And I think he'll DRAW some penalties out of the Flyers. He's like a Clarkson from 3-4 years ago, could be good, could be bad... We'll see.

Just trying to stay optimistic.

We should be all trying to do that since the game hasn't even been played yet. If the Devils win and Sestito has a part in it you can be this board will be filled with posts on what a genius move Lou made in calling him up.